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Done. by doing that, they reduce the wake the barges create. you mentioned what an important port natchez is, it is the gay way from the midwest to the rest of the world, inland part way up the mississippi river, and you say it serves the world. it serves over 50 countries in europe, latin america, the far east. grain is the big thing but it is other recall materials that go through natchez. it is lumber. steel. cotton. wood pulp. lots of things come down the river and go all over the planet. >>shepard: is it expected to stay open, now? the crest has in the reached natchez. >>guest: that is a ...

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>> 70% of people have packed up and gone already. >> reporter: for 70 years, butte la rose has been an electic group of cajuns. >> what's it like to be around here knowing what's coming down the river. >> it's just a somber mood, you know, everybody's just doing what they got to do. >> his bayou community will soon be flooded. >> i'm going to get three feet of water in it. three to four foot. >> but pierre is about to learn that the floodwaters will likely be worse than anything he imagined, pierre and hundreds of butte la rose residents pack into the town's firehouse to hear flood level predi...

Anything he imagined. pierre and hundreds of residents pack into the town's firehouse to hear flood level predictions from the army corps of engineers. >> i'm telling you, depth of water from right here, 15 feet. okay? >> we understand. >> this is probably up to the roof of this building. >> he said there's going to be 15 foot of water. it's over with. it's over with. >> reporter: it's over for butte larose, the words too painful for people to hear. >> who's going to answer the questions? >> where's the microphone? >> it's going to be a strong current. >> reporter: as pain turns to anger. >> e...

biggest cities in louisiana. but it means tiny communities could soon be under many feet of water. this is what it looked like in 1973. the one and only time the morganza spillway had to be opened. there's no guarantee it will even work. the mississippi river is already dangerously high in new orleans. the army corps of engineers is hoping that by diverting water through two spillways will lower the river level and spare the city. so far, the corps says opening the morganza spillway appears to be having the desired effect. the biggest test is still days away, the highest water, hundr...